debian · CVE-2017-9740

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:42:00 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-9740 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The xps_decode_font_char_imp function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

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